Chapter 617: Meeting an Old Acquaintance Again, Buying Life with Money

Wu Qiyue drew her sword and pursued the person she had found hiding nearby.

He was not fast, and she intercepted him before he got far.

“Who are you? Why do you appear near my Wu Family’s Ascending Platform?”

His cultivation was low, so Wu Qiyue questioned him rather than killing him at once.

“I’m just passing by, it’s really a misunderstanding.”

That person hurriedly answered.

“A misunderstanding? You are human, are you not? One of the ascenders who escaped?”

He looked elderly, yet his cultivation was only at the low True Immortal level—a good match for an ascender.

Realizing he had been exposed, the man shook his head helplessly.

“Yes, I am a human ascender. Falling into your hands today is my bad luck.”

That person was none other than Shen Yongchang, sent by Celestial Emperor Xiao Heng to infiltrate near the Wu Family. Now a year had passed, and he was still only at the third-grade True Immortal realm.

Shen Yongchang was the father of Shen Shu, consort of the Qingzhou Prince; the Southern Guardian Prince of the lower realm’s Heavenly Dynasty; and the grandfather of Qin Xiao’s disciple Shen Ruyue.

He had been an influential figure in the lower realm. In the Immortal Realm, he had fallen to the very bottom. This was the real lot of ascenders.

A monster like Qin Xiao simply couldn’t be reckoned with by common sense.

“It really is a human. I’ll give you a chance to live. Tell me where the humans are currently located, and I can take you into the Wu Family.”

Wu Qiyue had little sympathy for ascenders. Humans were responsible for the Wu family’s present troubles, after all.

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